Tunneling Rsync through SSH for ABS updates

As I told on my previous post I’m currently using Archlinux here at work. Archlinux has beside it’s ‘normal’ package management system pacman (similar to apt-get) a ports-like application-repository called the ‘Arch Build System’ (ABS). In order to use the ABS software repository and to be able to install software from it, you need to [...]

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Speeding up Arch Linux

Currently I’m using Arch Linux on my desktop-machine at work. As I’m still at the evaluation phase i read trough some forums, wikis and blogs about Arch Linux. One very interesting article I found was this one: http://www.cywhale.de/arch-linux-optimieren-booten-in-16-sekunden/ It describes how the booting time can be speeded up with some nice tricks. I did not [...]

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